"...Chevrolet said Wednesday that the new, 2019 Corvette ZR1 — at 755 horsepower, the most powerful ‘Vette ever produced — shattered the Virginia International Speedway record just days after Ford’s GT supercar became the first car to record a sub-2 minute, 40 second lap around “America’s Nürburgring.”

King ZR1 posted a jaw-dropping 2.37.3 time — over a second under the 2.38.6 lap record announced by Ford just last week...."

...Speaking to Road & Track, Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter said that setting an official Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time for the C7 ZR1 is not a priority for the manufacturer, but that Chevrolet will nonetheless make an attempt some time after the new model reaches showrooms in the spring. Assuming the automaker is indeed able to pull off a lap quicker than seven minutes, it would mean the car is substantially quicker than the previous-generation C6 ZR1, which turned out a 7:19.63 lap in 2011...."

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"...2019 Corvette ZR1 Does 0-60 in 2.85 Seconds, Hits 100 in Six Seconds Flat, the quarter-mile in 10.6 seconds..."

"...With 755 horsepower on tap and big sticky tires, no one expected the Corvette ZR1 to be slow in a straight line. But the numbers it lays down, as confirmed by Corvette project manager Harlan Charles at the Sebring 12 Hours earlier this month, are truly bonkers for a rear-wheel drive car.

The headline figures, per Corvette Blogger: Zero to 60 mph in 2.85 seconds, 0-100 mph in 6.0 seconds, and a 10.6-second quarter-mile at 134 mph. Charles himself told Corvette Blogger that these numbers are legit. It isn't said if these figures were set with the ZR1's standard seven-speed manual or its optional eight-speed automatic, but we assume it was the latter.

It'll come as no surprise that these numbers make the ZR1 the quickest factory Corvette ever—Chevy quotes a 2.95-second 0-60 mph run for the automatic-equipped Z06, a tenth of a second slower than the new uber-Vette. It also makes the ZR1 as quick as the last base-model all-wheel drive Lamborghini Huracan we tested, and it's not far off the crazy-quick McLaren 720S.

This news comes just a few months after Chevrolet announced the ZR1 beat the lap record at Virginia International Raceway. Now, we're just waiting to see what the ZR1 will do at the Nürburgring.

So, let there be no doubt that the ZR1 is damn quick. But really, are you surprised?..."

"...It seems General Motors itself was testing the ZR1 at the Nurburgring, as the car was fitted with a Michigan manufacturer’s license plate. The Nurburgring was also recently closed down for industry pool testing, which is when the world’s automakers bring out their latest products to test on the fast and undulating 12.9-mile circuit.

Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter has already said his team would like to lap the Nordschleife in under seven minutes with its 755 hp ZR1. Chevy hopes to have completed the sub-seven minute lap shortly after the car goes on sale this spring, so it’s likely that Chevy was gathering data with this test car in preparation for the actual lap...."

"...The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 makes a very public appearance at the race. The dark blue and red ZR1 is the 15th Corvette to perform pace car duties for the race. No other vehicle has served as a pace car more than Corvette....The rest of the Corvette ZR1 Pace Car specs include power distribution via an 8-speed 8L90 paddle-shift automatic transmission and Magnetic Selective Ride Control. Stopping power comes courtesy of a Brembo Carbon Ceramic brake system stopping ZR1 chrome-aluminum wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, 19-inch front, and 20-inch rears.

In the spirit of performance, Chevrolet claims the Corvette ZR1 Pace Car can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.85 seconds and reach a top track speed of 212 mph – the fastest Corvette in history. That speed would have earned the Corvette ZR1 the pole position for the 1985 race. During the race, the ZR1 won’t have to go that fast. Typically, a pace car will have to hit a top speed of around 125 mph coming off turn 4 to stay ahead of the 33 race cars and duck onto pit road as the race cars head toward the starter’s stand to take the green flag...."

"...Horsepower bites, and when it bites, it bites hard. This is the lesson Mark Reuss, head of product development for General Motors learned today while piloting the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 around the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit. Reuss had an entire field of IndyCar drivers waiting for him to kick off the second race of this weekend's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix when he hit the wall and went into a spin...."